Asteroid Bennu wasn’t what NASA expected. Instead of a smooth surface for sample collection, OSIRIS-REx encountered a chaotic ...
A recently released animation shows a new look at a large asteroid that has a small, but significant, chance of impacting ...
New research shows that when an asteroid slammed into the moon billions of years ago, it carved out a pair of grand canyons ...
A newly discovered asteroid named 2024 YR4 now has a 2.2% chance of affecting Earth in 2032 after recent observations.
An asteroid could hit Earth, but scientists are continuing to gather data to understand its trajectory and potential impact ...
AN asteroid the size of a football pitch cannot be ignored, an expert has warned after its chances of hitting Earth increased ...
using its thrusters to disturb the asteroid's surface to reveal what lies beneath, as shown in an undated NASA artist's video ...
This artist’s concept shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the ...
A larger asteroid with a dark, coal-like surface reflects a similar amount of light to a smaller rock with a shiny, chalk-like surface. Without knowing what 2024 YR4’s surface looks like ...
The Bennu samples contain 14 of the 20 amino acids that are essential for life on Earth to build proteins. Also found were ...